"mezzo-soprano" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌmɛtsoʊsəˈpɹænoʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-mezzo-soprano.wav [US] Forms: mezzo-sopranos [plural]
Etymology: From Italian mezzosoprano. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|mezzosoprano}} Italian mezzosoprano Head templates: {{en-noun}} mezzo-soprano (plural mezzo-sopranos)
  1. A voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto. Categories (topical): Musical voices and registers, Musicians, People
    Sense id: en-mezzo-soprano-en-noun-VTc5fVh1 Disambiguation of Musical voices and registers: 87 13 Disambiguation of Musicians: 79 21 Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 81 19
  2. A person having such a voice. Coordinate_terms (voice types): soprano, contralto [feminine], countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass [masculine] Translations (person having such a voice): mezzosopraan [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), მეცო-სოპრანო (meco-soṗrano) (Georgian), Mezzosopranistin [feminine] (German), mezzoszoprán (Hungarian), меццо-сопра́но (mecco-sopráno) [indeclinable, neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-mezzo-soprano-en-noun-XFWuNece Disambiguation of 'voice types': 43 57 Disambiguation of 'person having such a voice': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: soprano Translations (pitch): 女中音 (nǚzhōngyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), mezzosopraan [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), mezzo-soprano [masculine] (French), მეცო-სოპრანო (meco-soṗrano) (Georgian), Mezzosopran [masculine] (German), mezzoszoprán (Hungarian), メゾソプラノ (mezosopurano) (Japanese), reo pekerangi (Maori), reo kōtike (Maori), меццо-сопра́но (mecco-sopráno) [indeclinable, neuter] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'pitch': 0 0

Inflected forms

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